Parade

 

As is the case every May 1st, a date that has marked the Air Force's history, a ceremony was held to commemorate the anniversary of the institution's Baptism of Fire during the Battle for the Falkland Islands in 1982. The commemorative ceremony took place in the morning at Morón Air Base.

Among the aircraft participating in the air parade were the Fokker F-28 Fellowship T-51 (cn. 11203) and TC-53 (cn. 11020).

 

Days prior to the parade, the aircraft conducted practice drills on April 29 and 30, 2025.

We must not fail to mention that half of all F-28s in service worldwide participated in this parade!.

 Only four Fellowships remain in service worldwide: two in Argentina (T-51 and TC-53), one in Colombia (FAC1041), and one in the Philippines (1250).

 Acknowledgments: Adrián Gómez, Fernando Fantini, and Mariano Gómez.

Never delivered #11

 

In 1994, Aerolíneas Argentinas decommissioned the three Fokker F-28 Mk.1000s it operated. These were registered aircraft LV-LOA (cn 11085), LV-LOC (cn 11083), and LV-LRG (cn 11046).

On April 13, 1994, they made a low-altitude pass over the runway at Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires and were then parked on the industrial apron.

In May 1994, the airline Servicios Aéreos Patagónicos Sociedad de Estado (SAPSE), through an engineering firm, evaluated the three F-28s for a possible acquisition, which ultimately did not materialize. At the time of the evaluation, LV-LOA had 34,660 flight hours, LV-LOC had 35,654 hours and 53,960 flight cycles, while LV-LRG had a total of 42,448 hours and 64,939 flight cycles.

The three aircraft could not be sold and were flown to Ezeiza Airport, where they were scrapped in 1996.

Practice

We are sharing images kindly sent by Adrián Gómez documenting the practice that the Fokker F-28 Mk.1000C TC-53 (cn. 11020) performed today, April 29, 2025, alongside the Lockheed C-130 Hercules TC-64.

On May 1, a flypast will be held at Morón Airport commemorating another anniversary of the Air Force's baptism of fire in the 1982 Falklands Conflict.

After the practice, the Fellowship flew from El Palomar Air Base to Comodoro Rivadavia, completing another of the many logistics flights currently performed by the Fokker F-28s of the Argentine Air Force!.